Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 841 927
Rank change year-on-year +87 +86 -157
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 148 131 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 119 106 268
10th Percentile £29,550 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Business Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Systems Analyst.

Salary trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +119 143 £45,500 -17.27% 34
UK excluding London +47 122 £42,500 -15.00% 36
Work from Home +82 60 £47,500 -13.64% 30
South East +17 33 £39,000 -25.71% 10
North of England +66 32 £47,500 -5.00% 4
East of England +42 32 £41,250 -31.25% 8
London +86 26 £77,500 +31.91% 4
North West +26 20 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Midlands -15 14 £48,750 -0.47% 6
Yorkshire +93 10 £40,000 -20.00% 1
West Midlands +15 8 £45,000 -5.26% 5
East Midlands -23 6 £67,500 +22.73% 1
South West -24 6 £40,000 -26.61% 4
Scotland -63 5 £37,800 -16.00% 4
North East -7 2 - -

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Business Systems Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Business Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (32.43%) Finance
1 48 (32.43%) SQL
2 43 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 36 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (21.62%) ERP
5 30 (20.27%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (20.27%) Business Analysis
6 28 (18.92%) Project Management
7 23 (15.54%) Agile
7 23 (15.54%) Use Case
8 22 (14.86%) CRM
9 21 (14.19%) Decision-Making
10 20 (13.51%) Requirements Gathering
11 18 (12.16%) Power Platform
11 18 (12.16%) Power BI
12 17 (11.49%) User Stories
12 17 (11.49%) Systems Analysis
12 17 (11.49%) Degree
13 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
14 14 (9.46%) IT Strategy
14 14 (9.46%) Retail
15 13 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
15 13 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (8.78%) Management Information System
15 13 (8.78%) Manufacturing
15 13 (8.78%) Customer Service
16 12 (8.11%) Migration
16 12 (8.11%) SQL Server
17 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Office

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.35%) CMS
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.68%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.68%) Magento
3 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.68%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.16%) Power Platform
2 10 (6.76%) Azure
3 9 (6.08%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.70%) Mavenlink
4 4 (2.70%) SaaS
5 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.35%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.16%) Power BI
2 12 (8.11%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.38%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.03%) Tableau
7 2 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.68%) Big Data
8 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (4.73%) JIRA
General
1 48 (32.43%) Finance
2 43 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 36 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.46%) Retail
5 13 (8.78%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.43%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.73%) Law
9 6 (4.05%) Banking
10 4 (2.70%) Games
11 1 (0.68%) Advertising
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.43%) EDI
2 9 (6.08%) .NET
3 6 (4.05%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.35%) JSON
4 2 (1.35%) REST
4 2 (1.35%) SOAP
4 2 (1.35%) XML
5 1 (0.68%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.78%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.03%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.68%) FMCG
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.68%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.70%) Linux
1 4 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (21.62%) ERP
1 32 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (20.27%) Business Analysis
2 30 (20.27%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (18.92%) Project Management
4 23 (15.54%) Agile
4 23 (15.54%) Use Case
5 22 (14.86%) CRM
6 21 (14.19%) Decision-Making
7 20 (13.51%) Requirements Gathering
8 17 (11.49%) Systems Analysis
8 17 (11.49%) User Stories
9 14 (9.46%) IT Strategy
10 13 (8.78%) Customer Service
10 13 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (8.11%) Migration
12 11 (7.43%) Analytics
13 10 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.76%) Logical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 48 (32.43%) SQL
2 9 (6.08%) C#
3 7 (4.73%) Python
4 3 (2.03%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.35%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.35%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (11.49%) Degree
2 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.68%) HND
2 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.43%) QA
2 7 (4.73%) PMO
3 2 (1.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.35%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.73%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.05%) SAP
4 4 (2.70%) Oracle
5 3 (2.03%) Epicor
6 1 (0.68%) Charles River
6 1 (0.68%) Infor
6 1 (0.68%) mParticle
6 1 (0.68%) Nintex